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  • Mary Lou Rettons back in Houston but not for gymnastics

    Now she is also a proud mother of four girls, and back in Houston to support her husband Shannon Kelley, a new offensive coach for Houston Baptist University's football ...

  • Harris County TX deputy killed in 2-vehicle accident in north Houston www.privateofficer.com

    - A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff's Office was killed early Sunday morning after a two-vehicle accident at an intersection in north Houston, police said. According to the Houston Police Department, at about 3:10 a.m. the victim, who was wearing his deputy's uniform, was driving his personal vehicle, a Chevy Silverado, west on Little York. As the deputy crossed the ...

  • Child dies after drowning in apartment pool

    This is third drowning to happen in the Houston area this week. Last Sunday night, a 5-year-old boy slipped and fell in the pool at an apartment complex off of ...

  • 3D plastic gun blueprints downloaded more than 100K times

    Fearing mass production of a plastic gun undetectable to metal detectors and uncontrolled by current gun laws, the U.S. Department of Defense ordered its blueprints removed from the ...

  • Rangers proceeding with caution with injuries

    Email ARLINGTON -- Injuries and subsequent trips to the disabled list continue to take their toll on the Rangers, but at least part of the reason their roster is so thin is because the Rangers are doing their best to keep players from making injuries worse at this early stage in the season. Among the players who have been sent to the disabled list when they might have been back in a week or so ...


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Taking Lives

Taking Lives

Taking Lives is a flat, derivative psycho-thriller that suffers badly from having no chemistry between its two leads. Director D.J. Caruso and cinematographer Amir M. Mokri, who worked together on 2002s The Salton Sea, complicate it further by bathing most o ... ...

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  • Murphy looking for positives while hitting second

    Email ARLINGTON -- Rangers manager Ron Washington penciled left fielder David Murphy in the No. 2 spot in the batting order for the second consecutive night Sunday as Elvis Andrus shifted to the leadoff role in Ian Kinsler's absence. "I'm going to try to keep [Murphy] there so he doesn't have to wait around to get at-bats and he can be involved in the game right away," ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 19

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Driver runs down 2 people in parking lot

    Around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, police said a woman drove into the parking lot of an apartment complex on Bostic Street and West Street. According to reports, another woman was closing the rod iron fence to the complex when the driver slammed into the fence, knocking the victim onto the ...

  • Winning ticket for 590-mln-dollar Powerball jackpot sold in Florida

    The winning ticket was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida. No further details on the lone winner was available. The numbers drawn Saturday were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52 with a Powerball number of ...

  • Holland looks to maintain season-long consistency

    In a rotation with two rookie right-handers and a converted reliever, Rangers left-hander Derek Holland has become increasingly important to his team. Delivering a level of consistency so far this season, Holland has tossed seven or more innings and allowed four runs or fewer in six of his eight starts. He'll look to give the Rangers that same kind of boost on Sunday against the Tigers in ...

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